Viasna Human Rights Centre
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The Viasna Human Rights Centre (Belarusian: Праваабарончы цэнтр «Вясна», romanized: Pravaabarončy centr «Viasna») is a human rights organization based in Minsk, Belarus. The organization aims to provide financial and legal assistance to political prisoners and their families, and was founded in 1996 by activist Ales Bialatski in response to large-scale repression of demonstrations by the government of Alexander Lukashenko.[2]
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Founded | April 1996; 28 years ago (1996-04) |
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Services | Protecting human rights |
Fields | Practical assistance to civic initiatives, research into the state of the civic society, civic and human rights education[1] |
Chairman | Ales Bialiatski (currently imprisoned) |
Website | spring96.org |
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